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North Korea said Sunday it carried out a “very important test” at its long-range rocket launch site. (Photo: File)

North Korea says it carried out 'very important test' at its long-range rocket launch site

The UN bans North Korea from launching satellites because it is considered a test of long-range missile technology.

08 Dec 2019 9:45 AM

The agency had planned for the launch of CARTOSAT-3 satellite, ninth in the series, from the second launch pad at spaceport of Sriharikota, about 120 kms at 09.28am. (Photo: ISRO)

ISRO launches Earth imaging satellite Cartosat-3, 13 other nano satellites

PSLV-C47 on its 49th mission would carry CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the United States.

27 Nov 2019 9:39 AM

There were speculations that the satellite was Nahid-1. Jahromi's tweet claimed that the satellite was intact. (Photo: Twitter | @azarijahromi)

Iran gets back at Trump's taunt of failed Iranian satellite launch

Trump, on Saturday, had posted a picture of what looked like a failed launch of an Iranian satellite.

01 Sep 2019 6:19 PM

The launch was rescheduled for Thursday night, and SpaceX said in a midday Twitter message that the “Starlink and Falcon 9 are looking good” and that “winds are better for tonight’s launch.” Hours later, however, the company tweeted that the mission was being delayed.

SpaceX postpones Starlink satellite launch for 'about a week'

The Falcon 9 rocket and its satellite cargo were originally set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

17 May 2019 9:26 AM

The drive to give Germany a bigger role in space comes as European, Asian and US companies stake out ground in an evolving segment that promises contracts for everything from exploration to mining of outer-space resources.

Germany eyes slice of lucrative space market

Firms likely to benefit from any future spending rise in Germany include Airbus and Bremen-based OHB.

29 Apr 2019 10:09 AM

LinkSpace, one of China’s 15-plus private rocket manufacturers, sees these short hops as the first steps towards a new business model: sending tiny, inexpensive satellites into orbit at affordable prices.

China's rocket start-ups go small in age of 'shoebox' satellites

Demand for nanosatellites as small as a shoebox is expected to explode in the next few years.

27 Apr 2019 9:45 AM

India used an indigenously developed ballistic missile interceptor to destroy one of its own satellites at a height of 300 km, in a test aimed at boosting its defences in space. (Photo: File)

India's ASAT Debris expected to burn up in atmosphere says Pentagon

Shanahan said last week he believed India had avoided a similar scenario by testing at a lower altitude.

05 Apr 2019 8:41 AM

The PSLV was launched at 9.27 am on April 01, and after reaching an altitude of 749 km, around 17 minutes into flight, the 436Kg EMISAT satellite was ejected. (Representational image)

Watch: ISRO successfully injects EMISAT satellite, 28 others being ejected

PSLV was launched with India’s EMISAT defence satellite, along with 28 other satellites from around the world.

01 Apr 2019 10:01 AM

The Soviet Union performed similar tests around the same time. In the 1960s and early 1970s, it tested a weapon that could be launched in orbit, approach enemy satellites and destroy them with an explosive charge, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit research and advocacy organization.

Anti-satellite weapons: rare, high-tech, and risky to test

The United States performed the first anti-satellite tests in 1959, when satellites themselves were rare and new.

28 Mar 2019 9:54 AM

Pakistan urges no militarization of space after India downs satellite

Pakistan issued a call against military threats in outer space.

28 Mar 2019 9:53 AM

Experts say that anti-satellite weapons that shatter their targets pose a space hazard by creating a cloud of fragments that can collide with other objects, potentially setting off a chain reaction of projectiles through Earth orbit.

US studying India anti-satellite weapons test, warns of space debris

India’s foreign ministry played down any risk of debris from its missile test.

28 Mar 2019 9:51 AM

Anti-satellite weapons permit attacks on enemy satellites, blinding them or disrupting communications, as well as providing a technology base for intercepting ballistic missiles.

Modi hails India as military space power after anti-satellite missile test

India would be the fourth country to have used such an anti-satellite weapon after the US, China and Russia.

28 Mar 2019 9:49 AM

An anomaly occurred within “tens of seconds” after OneSpace’s OS-M1 rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on Wednesday, the official Technology Daily reported, declaring that the launch had failed.

Chinese rocket startup fails to put satellite into orbit

OneSpace’s rocket was carrying the Lingque-1B earth-observing satellite developed by Beijing-based ZeroG Lab.

28 Mar 2019 9:48 AM

Europe has invested billions in its Galileo global positioning satellites, partly to ensure it is not dependent on US systems, but it still relies on the US military to track the hardest-to-spot threats in space.

Space junk spreads, Europe's satellites flying blind

For now, the threat from thousands of dead satellites that continue to circle the planet is manageable.

02 Mar 2019 9:39 AM

A tiny perforation had been found in one of the upper stage’s pipes and that the damage had possibly been caused during transportation. (representational Image: OneWeb)

Defect found on Russian rocket ahead of US OneWeb launch

The Russian Soyuz is scheduled to blast off from Guiana Space Centre carrying the first satellites into space for OneWeb.

31 Jan 2019 3:15 PM

India shares land borders with Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar and this is being launched to protect these borders. (Photo: File)

ISRO to launch exclusive satellite to help MHA in securing Indian borders

‘IRNSS will provide navigation facilities for operational parties in high altitude, remote and difficult borders and Naxal areas,’ MHA said.

17 Jan 2019 8:07 PM

The satellite was launched in 2011 and has exceeded its initially expected useful life of about three years. (Photo: UPI)

Russian attempt to control orbiting radio telescope fails

The Spektr-R satellite is continuing to transmit signals, but scientists have been unable to control the satellite.

16 Jan 2019 12:35 PM

OneWeb has offered the Russian government the option of buying a 12.5-percent stake in the company.

US satellite service offers to sell minority stake to Russia

Russia is an important market for OneWeb’s project because it has many remote areas where high-speed broadband is not available.

26 Dec 2018 10:29 AM

The successful launch is a significant victory for billionaire Elon Musk’s privately held rocket company, which has spent years trying to break into the lucrative market for military space launches dominated by Lockheed and Boeing Co.

SpaceX launches first US national security space mission

The Falcon 9 rocket carrying a $500 million GPS satellite by Lockheed Martin Corp lifted off from Cape Canaveral.

24 Dec 2018 11:15 AM

The tiny satellites are called “CubeSats”, and will collect data on phenomena such as radiation belts or on autonomous movement in space for a group of universities and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

New Zealand's Rocket Lab shoots 13 tiny cube satellites into orbit

Sunday’s launch was the second commercial launch for the New Zealand firm.

17 Dec 2018 8:54 AM

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